Get (b)ready – it’s Real Bread Week!

Perhaps one of our lesser-known
celebrations, Real Bread Week is currently in full swing. All about supporting
your local, independent bakery, as well as baking your own. Luckily with
Creamline, both of these are easy!

Knead to know

Historians believe that humans have
been enjoying bread for at least 30,000
years. Prehistoric man would have baked the first bread by mixing water and
grains, and frying on hot stones – delicious! Tortillas, pittas and naan breads
would all have started out this way – worlds apart from the fluffy loaves we’re
used to these days. Humans probably discovered the use of yeast to rise bread
by accident, and the first recorded yeast production can be dated back to 300
B.C., in Ancient Egypt.

Since then, bread has played an
important role in our diets, from the bakeries of Ancient Rome to the ‘trenchers’
of the Middle Ages. In the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution
meant that bread could finally become widely available, even to the poor – and
bread is now one of the most consumed foods in the world!

Supporting local

If this has fanned the flames of
your doughy passion, why not try our range of delicious freshly baked bread?
As part of our Best of Local fare, these lovely loaves have all been baked by Stockport’s
Thatcher’s Bakery, which means you can support local from your sofa! From fluffy
oven bottom barms to oval ciabattas, there’s something for everyone.

If you’d rather get your own hands
floury, we’ve got just the recipe! It doesn’t get better than this for bread in
a hurry, with no need to wait for the dough to rise. We’ve added bacon and
tomato, for a deliciously savoury flavour. Click here
to get started!